News for
Gothika (2003) More at IMDbPro »

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2004 | 2003

17 articles from 2009

---

Cinematical Seven: Good Actors in Bad Horror

27 October 2009 9:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

I'm sure Peter Sarsgaard didn't intend to make a horror movie that would provoke gales of unintentional laughter. Yet in a key, emotionally-wrought scene near the end of Orphan -- out on DVD today and, perversely enough, worth a rental -- that's exactly what happens; by that point, the film's determination to take itself way too seriously has worn down the viewer, and its lunatic premise collapses upon itself. Sarsgaard bravely goes down with the ship, as does Vera Farmiga, two talented actors that were better than their material.

How do good actors end up in bad movies? The same way some of us end up in jobs we hate: (1) It sounded better than it turned out; (2) Gotta pay the bills. Sometimes they liven up the movie (The Devil's Advocate wouldn't be nearly as much fun without Al Pacino's self-parodying scenery-chewing) and sometimes they look befuddled that they ended up »

- Peter Martin

Permalink | Report a problem

---

DVD Art & Specs for Warner's 4 Film Favorites: Thriller Collection

23 October 2009 11:43 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

We're just coming up on Halloween, and already the home video companies are announcing titles that'll be streeting in early 2010. On the list for January 12th is Warner's 4 Film Favorites: Thriller Collection, which contains four movies that you wouldn't necessarily associate with one another.

While you're perusing the special features that are included with each film, see if you can figure out what, if anything, they have in common:

Ghost Ship: 5 Featurettes • Mudvayne "Not Falling" Music Video Dreamcatcher: • Original Ending and 4 Other Lifted Scenes • 3 Featurettes Gothika: Commentary by Director Mathieu Kassovitz and Director of Photography Matthew Libatique • Limp Biskit "Behind Blue Eyes" Music Video Queen Of The Damned: Additional Scenes • Commentary by Director Michael Rymer, Producer Jorge Saralegu, and Composer Richard Gibbs • 3 Featurettes • 4 Music Videos: "Forsaken", "Redeemer", "System", and Static X’s "Cold" • Extended "Slept So Long" and "Not Meant for Me" Concert Sequences • Gag Reel • Production »

- The Woman In Black

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Ann Peacock Adapting Eoin Colfer's 'Airman'

23 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Emmy winning screenwriter Ann Peacock (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) will pen the big screen adaptation of 'Airman', a novel from bestselling Irish author Eoin Colfer. With an estimated worth of $150million, the motion-capture project is backed by Disney and Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers, the movie is to be directed by Gil Kenan (City of Ember, Monster House) and will be produced by Jack Rapke (Beowolf), Steve Starkey (Matchstick Men) and Robert Zemeckis (Gothika). »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Halle Berry Fears No Great White Shark

9 September 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

· Halle Berry is close to a deal that will cast her in Dark Tide, about a diving instructor who returns to the scene of a near-fatal incident she once had with a great white shark. Word is the beast casually asked her about taking up diving instructing after winning an Oscar, she got mad, he said, "Well, at least it's not Gothika," and she beat it into a six-week coma, the end of which is apparently where Tide picks up. Swim, shark, swim! [Variety

Ne-Yo engages in Battle, Jerry Bruckheimer brings his act back to NBC, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump. »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Clip from ‘Women in Trouble’

2 September 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

The nice people at Screen Media Films sent over a video clip from Women in Trouble, the R-rated comedy from writer/director tor Sebastian Gutierrez.  If you’re familiar with him, he also scripted Gothika and Snakes on a Plane, but this is completely different.  For starters, it’s very funny.

I gave this a chance at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was glad I did.  An interconnected plot weaves between a cast of mostly female characters, including a porn star (Carla Gugino), two prostitutes (Adrianne Palicki from “Friday Night Lights” and Emmanuelle Chriqui from “Entourage”), a flight attendant (Marley Shelton) and her Mile High fling (Josh Brolin), and a therapist (Sarah Clarke).  Plus a celebrity interviewer cameo for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

They aren’t your typical damsels in distress either.  Gutierrez writes strong, funny women that females will love.  If you liked Sex and the City, this is in the ballpark. »

- Jeff Leins

Permalink | Report a problem

---

‘Women in Trouble’ Gets Distribution

30 July 2009 4:53 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Screen Media Films has picked up domestic distribution rights for Women in Trouble and plans to release the R-rated comedy on November 13, 2009.

The news broke on Variety last week, but I saved it to spotlight a particularly funny movie.  I had the opportunity to see this film at the South by Southwest Film Festival and it was hilarious.  I was skeptical at first because writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez had also scripted Gothika and Snakes on a Plane, but this is completely different.  While his previous scripts were laughable, this movie is packed with laughs.

An interconnected plot weaves between a cast of female characters, including a porn star (Carla Gugino), two prostitutes (Adrianne Palicki from “Friday Night Lights” and Emmanuelle Chriqui from “Entourage”), a flight attendant (Marley Shelton) and her Mile High fling (Josh Brolin), and a therapist (Sarah Clarke).  Plus a celebrity interviewer cameo for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.  Female audiences will love strong, »

- Jeff Leins

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Eli Roth: Fun in the Cotton Belt

3 June 2009 6:03 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Part Two

Because Eli Roth was going to be in Berlin for six months doing his acting role as Sgt. Donny Donowitz on the Ingourious Basterds shoot (see more details in the first part of this interview here), the Hostel filmmaker told writer/director Quentin Tarantino to make use of him for 2nd-unit purposes if he wanted. “He didn’t, as he has to see every shot of the movie himself,” Roth says. “But he did get me to shoot the German propaganda film-within-the-film Nation’S Pride. I brought my brother Gabriel out to Germany and we filmed 130 shots in two days, during daylight hours, running, gunning and shooting people off tall buildings. It felt like doing [Grindhouse’s] Thanksgiving trailer again, with that same sort of energy.

“Quentin knows me so well and what I can do,” Roth adds, “and one day he said, ‘I don’t want to derail your directing career, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Alan Jones)

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Halle Berry Interested In Joining Paul Verhoeven’s ‘The Surrogate’

1 June 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Halle Berry wants to be good and scared again. Not satisfied with being chased around an insane asylum in “Gothika,” Berry is interested in tangling with a crazed baby mama in “The Surrogate,” the latest from director Paul Verhoeven (”Basic Instinct”).

As we reported last week, “The Surrogate” has nothing in common with the similarly titled upcoming sci-fi movie starring Bruce Willis. This “Surrogate” is based on Kathryn Mackel’s 2004 novel. Forced by medical circumstances into hiring a surrogate mother, a childless couple settles on an apparently perfect candidate. Unfortunately, the woman turns out to be insane. Should’ve checked those references better, eh? According to The Hollywood Reporter, Berry would play the would-be mother, not the insane surrogate. While official negotiations haven’t begun with Berry, Fox is eager for their “X-Men” star to sign on. Seeing as she is fresh off a long maternity leave, she could certainly »

- Elisabeth Rappe

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Catwoman becomes a Surrogate

31 May 2009 6:44 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The Hollywood Reporter states that Halle Berry (Gothika, X-men) is currently circling Paul Verhoeven's upcoming adaptation of the 2004 book, The Surrogate.

"The story centers on a couple desperate to have a child who find themselves in an unbearable position when they find out the surrogate they hired to carry their baby is insane."

If this sounds familiar, it might be due to a similar project we told you about back in March called Within.

"The screenplay is a story of domestic madness in the Hand That Rocks The Cradle and Fatal Attraction mold, about a woman who’s hired by a married couple to be a surrogate mother, and then decides she wants both the baby and the husband for herself. "

More news on these as we have it. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (FANGORIA.com)

Permalink | Report a problem

---

B-d Gets Second Chance at Halle Berry in 'Surrogate'

31 May 2009 12:42 PM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

Six years after being turned away from the Gothika junket, Bloody-Disgusting will have another chance to go toe-to-toe with Oscar winner Halle Berry as she's in talks to join 20th Century Fox's thriller The Surrogate. Back in 2003 Berry refused to admit B-d into the junket for Gothika deeming us "too scary" (I'm not kidding), thankfully her performance was the only thing that was truly scary. Based on the 2004 book by Kathryn Mackel, Surrogate centers on a couple desperate to have a child who find themselves in an unbearable position when they find out the surrogate they hired to carry their baby is insane. Berry would play the wife who wants to have the child. »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Berry Circling Verhoeven's Surrogate

31 May 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

The Paul Verhoeven-directed thriller The Surrogate is picking up steam and is closing in on a leading lady. According to THR, Halle Berry ( Gothika ) is circling the 20th Century Fox film. Adapted from a novel by Kathryn Mackel, the story centers on a couple desperate to have a child who find themselves in an unbearable position when they find out the surrogate they hired to carry their baby is insane. Berry would play the mother if her deal goes through. »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Duo Behind Bloody Valentine 3D ‘Saw What You Did’

12 May 2009 9:36 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

More remake news that isn't totally disheartening... The creative pair behind this year's My Bloody Valentine 3D remake have set their sights on another old horror film.  I Saw What You Did And I Know Who You Are is a 1965 thriller from famed director William Castle.  The plot is pretty much summed up right there in the title, but I'll elaborate anyway.  Two girls entertain themselves by making prank phone calls to strangers.  Until they call someone who actually did something... and who knows who they are.  If you're thinking Joyride already mined this plot for all it's worth you're probably correct. The new remake deserves a chance though if only for the people involved.  Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer are the director and writer (respectively) of MBV3D, and while that film suffered from some major deficiencies (like solid dialogue and a smart storyline) it also featured some innovative kills, a »

- Rob Hunter

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: May 10, 2009

10 May 2009 4:50 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

In the Wrap Up this week:

The Box Office boldly goes where no Star Trek film has gone before; Joel Silver sees an Apparition; Keanu Reeves Hydes Jekyll;  James McAvoy and Elizabeth Banks have The Details;Val Kilmer, Ray Stevenson and Christopher Walken know The Irishman and Nick Fury is a Pirate.

Box Office

J.J Abrams’ Star Trek reboot’s Spock-tacular $76 million opening ensures that the franchise will live long and prosper. The opening (which includes $7 million from Thursday) took almost as much as most films in the long running series banked in their entire run- unadjusted of course. Look for the film to “engage” with non-Trek fans and expect a sequel to go into production at warp speed. Can (Khan) the film have legs in future weeks? Word of mouth will probably override the initial geek stereotype.

Last week’s box office champion Wolverine felt the wrath of »

- Niall Browne

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Rise: Blood Hunter (Tribeca Flashback Review)

21 April 2009 7:21 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

“Even if you hate the movie, it’ll still look great,” said Rise: Blood Hunter writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez, introducing his film’s world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and acknowledging the contribution of double-Oscar-winning cinematographer John Toll. As it turns out, I disagreed with both parts of that statement to different degrees; Toll’s images are good if unremarkable, and Rise itself, belying its long stint on the shelf, is a swift, efficient B-movie that doesn’t go anywhere surprising, but makes the trip an entertaining one.

Gutierrez (who previously scripted and helmed cable’s The She Creature, wrote Gothika and contributed to the screenplays of Snakes On A Plane and the remake of The Eye) gets Rise’s ball rolling with an attention-grabbing sex-and-violence sequence. He then jumps back six months to reveal how Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) was transformed from an ambitious reporter digging into the »

Permalink | Report a problem

---

[DVD Review] Things We Lost In The Fire

19 March 2009 4:17 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

12.00 Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Anyone who might have had his or her interest in Halle Berry piqued by the Oscar win for Monsters Ball (which despite the acclaim, let's be honest, no one saw) and then went out and rented the triple-headed clunker of Gothika, Catwoman and Perfect Stranger could be forgiven for thinking that the statue win was just some sick joke. Thankfully her sublime, nuanced performance in Things We Lost in the Fire as a grieving widow clinging to her dead husband's best friend shows not only that Ball was no fluke, but also that Berry is an actress that benefits from a strong director capable of eliciting delicacy.

On the face of it Audrey (Berry) and Brian (the impossibly amiable David Duchovny) have a blissful marriage in a nice home with two wonderful children. The only source of tension is Brian's continued unconditional »

- Neil Pedley

Permalink | Report a problem

---

The Morning After: Upcoming Projects For 2009 Oscar Winners

26 February 2009 9:56 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The legacy of Oscar winners following their wins with horrible career choices is long and well-recorded. Perhaps the best piece of news about this year’s Academy Award winners is that they are unlikely to produce a “Snow Dogs,” “Gothika,” or “Aeon Flux” any time soon. The upcoming projects for 2009 Academy Award winners is a more promising slate than most years.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Photo credit: Reel Movie News Of course, the most well-documented post-Oscar career choice for this year’s winners is that of “The Dark Knight“‘s Heath Ledger, who will have only one more film released, Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”. From the visionary director of “Brazil” and “Twelve Monkeys,” “Parnassus” will be the epilogue for Ledger’s filmography, another brief glimpse at this excellent actor who left us far too soon.

Ledger was midway through filming the fantasy movie when »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

Permalink | Report a problem

---

Blu-Ray Review: Vin Diesel’s ‘Babylon A.D.’ Passable Only in High-Definition

13 January 2009 11:21 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – When did Vin Diesel go from “the next Bruce Willis” to the “the current Steven Seagal”? Diesel’s half-asleep, apathetic performance in the sci-fi action flick “Babylon A.D.” is only one of the problems with a film that was ignored in theaters but has been given a respectable treatment on Blu-Ray.

Director Mathieu Kassovitz garnered international attention with the great “La Haine,” but it’s been a steady downhill foot race since he started making movies in the English language. Sylvester Stallone would likely not include “Assassins” in a career retrospective and Halle Berry has probably wiped “Gothika” from her resume. Now, Vin Diesel has his Kassovitz movie to forget, the misguided and deadly dull “Babylon A.D.”.

Babylon A.D. is released by Fox Home Video on January 6th, 2009.

Photo credit: Fox Home Video

“Babylon A.D.” is essentially a blend of “The Transporter” movies and dozens of post-apocalyptic visions of the future. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

Permalink | Report a problem

---

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2004 | 2003

17 articles from 2009

---